The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-02-04
THE LIME KILN CLUB.
Election for Local Oficers-BrOthel
Gardner Instructs the Committee.

Election for Local Oficers-Brother
Gardner Instructs the Committee.
After Brother Gardner instructed the
Lime Kiln club in their position on inter
national questions, motion Of Sir Isaac
Walpole the meeting then opened on the
thirty-third degree, and proceeded TO the cleo
lion Of local officers. There has been great
deal of wire pulling during the summer IN re-
.-ard to these Offices, and it was felt that the
election would prove an exciting contest An
informal ballot for secretary brought out
thirteen candidates, five of whom could
neither read nor write. When this fact came
to be whispered about, Brother Gardner arose
and said;
Il want to say to you five gemlen dat dis
am not a political 'lecllshun. Ifit was you'd
be all right a man kin leave de fool asylum
to-day am run fur alderman in any city IN de
land to-morrer, but we do biZness on a dit
fereut basis in dis club. De five of you pur-
( ceed to absquatulate or you'll h'ar sunthm
drap!"
formal ballot was then taken, and way
down Bebee was reelected by majority OF
. Is He returned his thanks in a few well Sc
lected words, in which he rung in Nero, Plato,
the great Sahara desert and the Mormon
question An informal ballot for treasurer
brought out twenty ight candidates, and the
feeling promised to be 50 high that the preSl-
dent again arose and said:
"My frens | doan' want to keep interruptIn
de puIceedins, but l mus remind you agh
dat dis club dOan' hold its 'leckshuns on po-
Iytical basis. Oars heap of you who doan'
know huff to add five to seben, or to subtract
two from SIX, an dar' are some others who
couldn't get bond OF $50 signed to save der
necks. OAR mus be more absquatulashun."
His brief speech produced a wonderful eff
feet a formal BALLOT brought out only
three candidates. and of those Trustee Pull
back received a majority of the votes and
was declared elected. He expressed his thanks
in broken remarks which were about equally
divided between the glacial period and the
latest improvements in corn shelters, and sat
/ down amid the heartiest applause. The
president then made the following appoint
ments:
Iibrarian-PrOfeSsOr De Hoe.
Janitor-W halebone HOwker.
Keeper of the sacred relics-Sir Isaac w al
pole.
Inner gUard-COl. CahOOts.
Outer guard-DeacOn Smith.
Grand Douncer of unruly members or I'M
pOsters-C iveadam Jones.
Chaplain, when there is anything for 6
chaplain to do-Rev. PenstOc.S.
The following committees were also APP
pointed:
OH 441fciiaTy-Lawful Davis, Assumpsit
smith ana subpoena HARPER
On finance Currency Jones, Specie Taylor
and Credit Coleman.
On foreign affairs-PrOfessOr Hawkins
Col Snaffles and Judge Burns.
On general harnony-Peaceful johnson
and Emblem Green.
Brother Gardner said that other commit
tees of less Importance might be named Later
on Such persons as had been named were
expected to enter into committee work witt
energy and enthusiasm, and seek to make {
success of whatever they might be asked t.
do 1t was announced that the library woulc
open at 7 and close at 10 o'clock through the
fall and winter months, and frequenters o.
the place were cautioned about indulging II
either political religious debates in thu
room The janitOr was instructed to secure
the services Of d civil engineer to make sur
vey of the hall stove and estimate the amour
of money which would putt in safe condition
for the winter, and the keeper of the sacred
relics was cautioned to keep his eyes peeled
for a cheap bust of Gen. Jackson to stand IL
the southwest corner of the main hall III
meeting then went hOme.-DetrOit Free Press
Opening of the Bowling Season.